User blog comment:Pikachuboy123lol/Togepi Theory/@comment-32358261-20180222211801/@comment-32358261-20180222223508

So really it was only there for writers to promote gen 2 which was coming soon at the time.

Anime is confusing. It’s hard to create any theories because there is no evidence to back it up.

In the games it is obtained from mr Pokémon to deliver to professor elm. Elm gives you the egg after the first gym